
Mehregan
مهرگان
The ancient Iranian autumn festival of Mehr — friendship, affection and the harvest. Tables are laid with pomegranates, apples and grapes, prayers are said, and there is music, dance and, in places, wrestling.
2026/10/02~2026/11/02推定

イランは三つの暦を同時に生きています。ノウルーズに始まる太陽ヒジュラ暦、イスラムの行事をつかさどる太陰ヒジュラ暦、そして外の世界と向き合うための西暦です。祭りはその三つのあいだを行き来します。
写真:Babak Habibi、Public domain、ウィキメディア・コモンズより
イランの公式な年は太陽暦です。三月の春分にあたるノウルーズに始まり、月は季節とともに進みます。だからこそ、一年でいちばん長い夜のヤルダーのような祭りは、西暦のうえでも同じころに来ます。イスラムの祝日はこれに対して太陰ヒジュラ暦にしたがい、毎年およそ十一日ずつ早まります。
公式の祝日は二十八日ほどあり、イランは世界でもっとも祝日の多い国のひとつです。以下の記事は、まずイラン暦の一年の祝いから始まります。

مهرگان
The ancient Iranian autumn festival of Mehr — friendship, affection and the harvest. Tables are laid with pomegranates, apples and grapes, prayers are said, and there is music, dance and, in places, wrestling.
2026/10/02~2026/11/02推定

شب یلدا
On the longest night of the year, families gather at the homes of their elders to stay up late around a table of pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and dried fruit, reading Hafez and telling stories until well after midnight.
2026年12月21日算出

جشن سده
In the depth of winter, fifty days before spring, a great bonfire is lit at sunset. People gather around it to sing, dance and pray, offer blessings and fruit, and celebrate the passing of the coldest days.
2027年1月30日算出

چهارشنبهسوری
On the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian year, bonfires are lit in yards, streets and on rooftops, and people leap over the flames, asking the fire to take away their pallor and give them its red glow for the year ahead.
2027年3月16日算出

نوروز
Nowruz, “new day”, is the Iranian New Year. It begins at the March equinox, when families gather around the Haft-sin table to wait for the exact moment the year turns, and opens two weeks of visits, food and time outdoors.
2027年3月21日算出

سیزدهبدر
On the thirteenth day of the Iranian New Year, the whole country heads outdoors. Families picnic in parks and fields, and the sprouts grown for the Haft-sin table are thrown into running water, closing the Nowruz holidays.
2027年4月2日算出

گلابگیری
When the Damask roses bloom around Kashan, families pick them before sunrise and distil rosewater in copper stills the old way. Visitors can join the harvest, tour the distilleries and watch the golab being made.
2027/05~2027/06おおよその時期

جشن تیرگان
An ancient midsummer festival of water and rain. People splash each other with water, dance and recite poetry, share spinach soup and saffron rice pudding, and tie rainbow-coloured bands around their wrists.
2027年7月4日算出